Brazil Serie A Wrap: Scolari loses on return

Luiz Felipe Scolari's return as coach of the Gremio failed to make an instant impact as Vitoria won 2-1 in the Brazilian Serie A.

Scolari, who was sacked following Brazil's humiliating defeats to Germany and the Netherlands at the World Cup last month, took charge of Gremio for the third time in his career after Enderson Moreira was relieved of his duties.

But his first match at the helm resulted in a defeat to lowly Vitoria at the Estadio Manoel Barradas on Saturday.

Argentinean striker Hernan Barcos gave Gremio an 11th-minute lead - his third goal in two games - but it all went downhill for Gremio from that point as Vitoria netted two second-half goals through Caio - on loan from rivals Internacional.

Caio levelled proceedings on the hour-mark before he completed back-to-back braces with the match-winning goal 13 minutes from time.

The result helped Vitoria climb out of the relegation zone to 15th position with 14 points from 13 matches.

Gremio are only five points clear of Vitoria, having won only one of their previous eight league games.

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